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Lewis A Sale 1832–1863 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1832

Birth Location: Amherst, Virginia

Death Date: 5 Oct 1863

Death Location: Amherst County, Virginia, USA

Father: Benjamin Sale

Mother: Mary Layne

Spouse(s): Virginia Watts

Children(s): Laura Higginbotham

Lewis A Sale was born in 1832 in Amherst, Virginia, the child of Benjamin Franklin Ben Sale And Mary Polly Layne. Lewis A Sale married Virginia R Watts, and had children including Laura Elphine Sale Higginbotham. Lewis A Sale passed away in 1863 in Amherst County, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Lewis A Sale was born in 1832 in Amherst, Virginia, the child of Benjamin Franklin Ben Sale And Mary Polly Layne.
  • Lewis A Sale married Virginia R Watts, and had children including Laura Elphine Sale Higginbotham.
  • Lewis A Sale passed away in 1863 in Amherst County, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Benjamin Sale
1778–1859
Birth Location: Virginia, United States
BS
Mary Layne
1794–1850
Birth Location: Goochland County, Virginia, USA
ML

Spouses(s)

Virginia Watts
1836–
Birth Location: Amherst Co.
VW

Children(s)

Laura Higginbotham
1861–1918
Birth Location: Amherst
LH

Lewis Sale's Ancestors

Self
Lewis Sale
1832–1863
Birth Place: Amherst, Virginia
Parents
Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Sale
1778–1859
Virginia, United States
Mary (Polly) Layne
1794–1850
Goochland County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Joseph (Albertus) Sallee
1745–1812
King Williams Parrish, Virginia, United States
Jemima (A) Maxey
1743–1807
Goochland, Goochland, Virginia, USA
Henry Lane
1752–1840
, , Virginia, USA
Francis Spiller
1759–1804
St James, Goochland, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Jean Salle
1705–1752
Françoise-Jeanne Bondurant
1715–1777
William Maxey
1718–1768
Mary Sublett
1718–1771
Thomas Lane
1722–1770
Judith (Lane)
1721–1767
Judith Garrett
1721–1767
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Olive Salle'
–1719
Abraham Sr
1674–1720
Mary Gates
1677–1743
Pierre-Louis (Soblet)
1685–1754
Martha Smith
1682–1755
Thomas Lane
1689–1721
Mary Newsom
1688–1721
William Garrett
1685–1767
Elizabeth Sharpless
1690–1767
William Garrett
1685–1767
Elizabeth Sharpless
1690–1767

Lewis Sale's Descendants

1.
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Lewis (A) Sale (abt 1832–5 Oct 1863) m. Virginia (R.) Watts (Aug 1836–)
  1. 1. Laura (Elphine SALE -) Higginbotham 1861–1918 m. James (W) Higginbotham 1853–1927
    1. 1. Eugene (Vaughan) Higginotham 1882– m. Leah (Beryl) Garber 1880–1942
      1. 1. William (Garber) Higginbotham 1920–2004 m. Phyllis Higginbotham 1922–2007
        1. 1. Diane Higginbotham 1947–2021

Lewis Sale's Timeline

3 Records

1832
abt 1832
Birth of Lewis A Sale in Amherst, Virginia
Amherst, Virginia
1855
17 Oct 1855
Age 23
Lewis A Sale was married in Amherst County, Virginia
Amherst County, Virginia
1863
5 Oct 1863
Age 31
Death of Lewis A Sale in Amherst County, Virginia, USA
Amherst County, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1832
    Event Place: Amherst, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 17 Oct 1855
    Event Place: Amherst County, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Oct 1863
    Event Place: Amherst County, Virginia, USA
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